Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ and Note 8 won't get the new One UI experience

Samsung is taking it to another level with the announcement of the new One UI (user interface) experience, which is expected to make its debut early next year on a couple of flagship smartphones.

Unveiled yesterday, alongside the new Samsung foldable screen called Infinity Flex Display, One UI is a much cleaner user interface, which was developed in partnership with Google and the Android developer community.

During the unveiling, Samsung was pretty clear about the availability of the new One UI and said that it will be offered as an Open Beta starting November for users in the United States, Germany, and South Korea.

The handset maker also confirmed the final version of the Samsung One UI will be launched on the Galaxy S9, S9+, and Galaxy Note 9 in January 2019, along with the long-awaited Android Pie update.

Unfortunately, flagships like the Galaxy S8, S8+ and Note 8 will not receive the new Samsung One UI, Tom's Guide reports. If that's the case, we can safely assume only the most recent Samsung flagships will receive the new cleaner software experience, unless the South Korean company has a change of heart.

posted on Nov 08, 2018, 8:22 AM 0

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posted on Nov 08, 2018, 3:37 AM 2

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Yub! Good job Sammy and my Galaxy S8 which last Samsung phone i used! I planned the S10 will be my next update instead my current phone but you made me like a fool and honestly betrayaled and never never any Samsung phone in my life.
tbh im so disappointed right now look at the iPhone 5, that still got the newest iOS

posted on Nov 08, 2018, 10:03 AM 0

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posted on Nov 08, 2018, 4:01 AM 3

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But that is really unusual from samsung when the released Grace ui with note 7 they released it to s6 and note 5, the same when they released samsung experience 9 for s8 they released it for the s7, probably they meant they won't get the beta testing and i really hope so

posted on Nov 08, 2018, 4:35 AM 2

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posted on Nov 08, 2018, 5:21 AM 1

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Messed up but not surprising. I have the S8+ and it's been stuck on 8.0 for what seems like forever. We're in November and I just got the September security update a week or so ago so I'm not surprised by this if it's true.

posted on Nov 08, 2018, 9:43 AM 1

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Some of y'all dumb af. Hella quick to believe unreliable rumors and y'all Apple Fanboys just having a laugh thinking Samsung is dissing their users, well jokes on all y'all. Look at Samsungs release patterns. They've been releasing newer UI to older devices since. forever. Even my S5 Neo has Nougat. Lmao. Saddest part is Saamung never said s**t about Note8 and S8 and y'all act like they gave up on them. Samsung was only mentioning betas for the the newer devices. If they had a beta availible for Note8 and S8, they would had mentioned it. And they didn't mention anything about Note 8 and S8 because they don't have a date confirmed. Unlike Apple, Samsung has to optimized for each chipset they use along with the ram thats in each device. Applebis a bit more steeam line, so Apple fan boys just dip outta here and enjoy your latest buggy updates of iOS 12.1, sure 12.2 will fix it. Haha

posted on Nov 08, 2018, 6:24 AM 0

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"It's true, here's a link to a site that quotes another site that claims to have heard it from Samsung".... meanwhile Samsung has yet to release any official confirmation
I could go on a site and state I heard from someone who heard from Apple that the next iPhone will bring back the headphone jack... but that doesn't make it true

posted on Nov 08, 2018, 9:45 AM 2

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This is the plan obsolescence. Samsung wants its users to buy phone every year just like iphone users. They didn’t understand that iphone users buy new iphone because they traded their old device for a decent price.

posted on Nov 08, 2018, 6:41 AM 0

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We are "fighting" here sustaining Samsung or Apple and the boys are taking the paychecks. Let's arrange for a strike and do not come for this site for a week. Maybe than we will see some reasonable articles and not just smoke.

posted on Nov 08, 2018, 7:38 AM 0

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